: Show content from one free host at the URL of another free host I have two free domains hosted by different services eg. GoodURL.BadFeatures.com and BadURL.GoodFeatures.com What is a way to display

@Cugini213

The solution you're looking at is a proxy pass.

Your current method should be:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ BadURL.GoodFeatures.com/ [P]


Notice the '$' sign that captures the path to rewrite it. The proxy flag on mod_rewrite also skips the 'L' flag, as it's already passed the request onto mod_proxy and is ignoring all rules after processing that request.

A better method would be:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/www/whatever"
ServerName GoodURL.BadFeatures.com
ProxyPass BadURL.GoodFeatures.com/ ProxyPassReverse / BadURL.GoodFeatures.com/ ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain BadURL.GoodFeatures.com GoodURL.BadFeatures.com
</VirtualHost>


Using ProxyPass is preferred to rewriting due to the heavy amount of processing incurred with your current method of rewriting. This does the same thing but skips some steps and has better handling. It also solves your problem with Cookies.

I assume you're trying to combine a good hosting service with a good content manager - if it's possible to combine these onto a single server, it would greatly improve performance across the board. What you've set up here is known as a Gateway - having one server handle all requests while another focuses on content. Normally this setup has security features implemented to prevent tampering. Consider looking up options to implement this.

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